Sigitas Parulskis

Siena

Language: lithuanian

Translations: german (Die Mauer)

Siena

kiekvieną rytą bėgdavau į šalia esančias
kapines, idant
išblaškyčiau pernakt susikaupusias
sapnų nuolaužas ir nemalonų
kvapą, kuris susikaupia burnoje ir
toje kūno vietoje, kur įtariau
slypint sielą

tai keistos kapinės – viename gale
renkasi katalikai, bedieviai, pravoslavai
o kitame – vien tik žydai, nors skaitant
antkapių antraštes sunku patikėti
kad jiems Tora buvo svarbiausi gyvenimo
raštai

vieną dieną kapines perskyrė bjauri
betono blokų siena

aš mėgstu kapines – mirties baimė
skatina ją pažinti kuo intymiau, o ne
bėgti tolyn
bet atsiradus sienai ėmiau vengti
lankytis ten

nesišnekantys mirusieji baisiau
nei vienas kitą smaugiantys gyvieji

Sigitas Parulskis

photo © Algimantas Žižiūnas

* 10.02.1965, Obeliai, Lithuania
lives in: Vilnius, Lithuania

Sigitas Parulskis (b. 1965 in Obeliai, Rokiškis region) is a poet, playwright and essayist. He majored in Lithuanian language and literature at Vilnius University. Parulskis currently works on the cultural weekly Šiaurės Atėnai.

His work includes several books of poetry, two books of essays, and two novels. He is also the author of several plays and scripts for theatre.

In 1991 Parulskis won the Zigmas Gėlė Award for the best literary debut of the year. In 1995 his achievement in the book of poetry Of the Dead was recognized by the prestigious Jotvingian Award. His play From the Lives of the Dead received the 1996 Kristoforas Award for the best young artist’s theatre play debut. The novel Three Seconds of Heaven was recognised as best book of the year and given the Lithuanian Writers’ Union Prize. In 2004 Parulskis received the National Prize in literature.

photo © Algimantas Žižiūnas

Work by Parulskis has been translated into Russian, English, Latvian, Finnish, Polish, Czech, French, German, Greek, Swedish and other languages.

He lives in Vilnius.

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